3826953 Weatherstrip

[Dick W.]

I found a new piece of NOS? 3826953 door weatherstrip. I know it is a C-3 piece, but unsure of what it fits, coupe or convertible. Help. Trying to clean all the excess parts I have left over from the business and bring them to FL

[Michael H.]

Re: 3826953 Weatherstrip

Dick,

That sounds (numerically) like a part number for a 63/C2. I can look it up later.....

If it were a C3 part, the number would be more like 3923xxx... not 3823xxx.

[Richard M.]

Re: 3826953 Weatherstrip

Dick,Mike.....
I don't see that number in either of my 53-72 or 53-70 parts books. It does however show 3826950 as a 63-67 convertible right door weatherstrip. If that's it, the 1967 price was $3.85........

edit.... in section 10.694

[Joe L.]

Re: 3826953 Weatherstrip

I found a new piece of NOS? 3826953 door weatherstrip. I know it is a C-3 piece, but unsure of what it fits, coupe or convertible. Help. Trying to clean all the excess parts I have left over from the business and bring them to FL

Dick------


GM #3826953 was never a SERVICE-available part if it is a valid, released part number, at all. It would date from the 1963-64 period.

[Dick W.]

Re: 3826953 Weatherstrip

Dick------


GM #3826953 was never a SERVICE-available part if it is a valid, released part number, at all. It would date from the 1963-64 period.

Thanks all y'all, the number is molded on the rubber. I am guessing that it would be a LH midyear door weatherstrip then.

[Joe L.]

Re: 3826953 Weatherstrip

Thanks all y'all, the number is molded on the rubber. I am guessing that it would be a LH midyear door weatherstrip then.

Dick-----


3826953 is not the part number for a mid-year door weatherstrip, either coupe or convertible. However, it's possible it's a number used for some sort of component of the weatherstrip, as unlikely as that may seem.

[Scott S.]

Re: 3826953 Weatherstrip

I found a new piece of NOS? 3826953 door weatherstrip. I know it is a C-3 piece, but unsure of what it fits, coupe or convertible. Help. Trying to clean all the excess parts I have left over from the business and bring them to FL

Dick,

GM 3826953 is described as a "left, garnish" for a 1964-1966 Corvette (SPT. CPE.). It's located in Group 12.075, "MOULDING - SCALP - GUTTER ASSY. - CAP - ESCUTCHEON - CLIP - SCREW, Roof Drip".

Price in October 1965 was $1.50. Catalogs through 1970 (April) continue to show it as a 1964-1966 part, so it was apparently not used in '67.

[Joe L.]

Re: 3826953 Weatherstrip

Dick,

GM 3826953 is described as a "left, garnish" for a 1964-1966 Corvette (SPT. CPE.). It's located in Group 12.075, "MOULDING - SCALP - GUTTER ASSY. - CAP - ESCUTCHEON - CLIP - SCREW, Roof Drip".

Price in October 1965 was $1.50. Catalogs through 1970 (April) continue to show it as a 1964-1966 part, so it was apparently not used in '67.

Scott-----


Yes, I do find it now in the P&A Catalogs as you describe. However, I still do not find it as actually being available in the GM parts system from 1963 to the present. That's why I was previously unable to find it in the P&A Catalogs.

I realize this is VERY strange since the part does show in the P&A Catalogs and it's the type of part that should have been available in SERVICE. However, I've checked and cross-checked several informational sources rather extensively and I cannot find it as being actually available.

[Scott S.]

Re: 3826953 Weatherstrip

Scott-----


Yes, I do find it now in the P&A Catalogs as you describe. However, I still do not find it as actually being available in the GM parts system from 1963 to the present. That's why I was previously unable to find it in the P&A Catalogs.

I realize this is VERY strange since the part does show in the P&A Catalogs and it's the type of part that should have been available in SERVICE. However, I've checked and cross-checked several informational sources rather extensively and I cannot find it as being actually available.

I haven't been able to find it in the 1964-1966 AIMs yet either. If Dick can post a picture of it, we can see what this mysterious part looks like.

[Dick W.]

Re: 3826953 Weatherstrip

Dick,

GM 3826953 is described as a "left, garnish" for a 1964-1966 Corvette (SPT. CPE.). It's located in Group 12.075, "MOULDING - SCALP - GUTTER ASSY. - CAP - ESCUTCHEON - CLIP - SCREW, Roof Drip".

Price in October 1965 was $1.50. Catalogs through 1970 (April) continue to show it as a 1964-1966 part, so it was apparently not used in '67.

This is definitely a convertible door main weatherstrip.

[Scott S.]

Re: 3826953 Weatherstrip

This is definitely a convertible door main weatherstrip.

Dick,

The P&A specifies Corvette Sport Coupe ("SPT. CPE.") for GM 3826953, to the exclusion of convertibles. That could be a printing error, but if so, the error is then compounded by limiting the application to 1964-1966, when the convertible door main weatherstrip part number called out in the AIMs is the same for all midyears, 1963-1967 (GM 3826949, 3826950). It is located in Group 10.694, listed this way in the 1967 P&A:

63-67 CORVETTE (CONV.) . . . . . . . . . left, on door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3826949 . . . . 1 . . . ($3.63)
63-67 CORVETTE (CONV.) . . . . . . . . . right, on door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3826950 . . . . 1 . . . ($3.63)



For 1968 convertible it changes to GM 3945287, 3945288. The 1969 convertible door main weatherstrip is GM 3966569, 3966570.

Do you have a picture of this unicorn? It might be worth a thousand words